Cast Bios

Omar Epps Dr. Eric Foreman

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For his role on HOUSE, Omar Epps won an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in both 2007 and 2008 and received nominations in the same category in 2005 and 2006. He was nominated for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series in 2006 and 2009 for this role as well.

Epps was also nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Best Actor for his performance in the December original cable movie "Conviction." Epps has starred in three original cable movies, "First Time Felon" directed by Charles Dutton; "Daybreak" co-starring Cuba Gooding Jr.; and "Deadly Voyage" produced by Danny Glover. This true story is about African stowaways on a ship bound for France. Once discovered by the French crew, each stowaway was killed off with the exception of one - Kingsley Ofusu. Epps portrayed Ofusu and won the Silver NymphÂ Award for Best Actor at the Monte Carlo Film Festival for this role.

Epps made his film debut in 1992 in Ernest Dickerson's urban drama "Juice." He went on to star in the college cult classic "The Program" alongside Halle Berry, and in John Singleton's acclaimed film, âHigher Learning." From here, Epps also starred in "The Wood," "In Too Deep" with LL Cool J, and in the cult classic, "Love and Basketball."

Epps' other credits include "Alfie" opposite Jude Law and Susan Sarandon; "Against The Ropes" opposite Meg Ryan; Takeshi Kitano's "Brother"; "The Mod Squad" with Claire Danes; "Breakfast For Champions" opposite Bruce Willis and Nick Nolte; and The Wayans Brothers' "Don't Be A Menace To South Central While Drinking Your Juice In The Hood."

Epps' production company BrooklynWorks Films has produced the musical feature film "You, Me & The Circus." In addition, he has several other film and television projects in various stages of development, some of which he has written and will direct.

Epps began writing at the age of ten and attended the prestigious LaGuardia High School of Music, Art and Performing Arts in New York. He is very passionate about education and writing and continues to give back in these forums. In addition, Epps is launching the BrooklynWorks Foundation which will ultimately be an arts based non-profit organization that will work with under-privileged kids. Epps also serves on the advisory board of The Creative Coalition.
Epps lives in Los Angeles.

Q&A: Omar Epps

If you wrote an episode, what would you be sure your character did?
I would be sure Foreman goes on a date. They rib the guy, say he's boring...I'd put him on one big, bad, blind date.

What's on your pizza?
Cheese. Just good cheese pizza, maybe some chicken and black olives.

What song is on your personal soundtrack?
There'd be a lot of Jay-Z on it. Not sure what song, it'd be one big medley.

What do you like to do in the show's offseason?
I like to rest, spend time with my family. Do normal stuff; go to the dentist, the doctor.

It's 11AM on Sunday - where are you and what are you doing?
Now that it's football season, I am getting ready for the day of Man Day. It's our day, it's our season... Dallas Cowboys!

If you could call dibs now on any prop from the show what would it be?
Obviously I wouldn't get the cane, so I'll go for the big tennis ball. That thing now has an agent, a manager, a publicist. It comes with an entourage and security!

What has been your favorite case?
I can't really pick one. We were just talking about the one where they think the guy is dead and during the autopsy he comes back to life. I would just say all of them.

Dr. Eric Foreman is a neurologist on Dr. Gregory House's diagnostic team at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital. Though he renounces his mentor's abrasive, whatever-it-takes attitude toward patients, he's more like House than he'd like to admit. Foreman briefly tried out a sunny and optimistic disposition following a near-death experience, but it didn't take. When he thinks he's right about a diagnosis - particularly if it also means House is wrong - he won't rest until he can prove it.

Foreman and his brother, Marcus, led a misspent youth, but while Foreman went straight after some minor juvenile arrests, Marcus spent several years in prison. Their father is deeply religious, and their mother passed away after struggling with Alzheimer's disease.

Foreman has had various opportunities to lead the team, most recently when House was awaiting renewal of his medical license after his psychiatric break. Foreman's leadership style received mixed reviews from the other team members, however, and in a misguided attempt to reconcile work with his personal life, he fired his then-girlfriend, Dr. Remy "Thirteen" Hadley.

Foreman cuts his normally dispassionate demeanor with spikes of surliness; a fellow team member, Dr. Robert Chase, says that Foreman is brimming with repressed rage. Dr. Chris Taub moved into Foreman's apartment following a separation from his wife, and though Foreman struggled with the adjustment, he eventually admitted that after a long time spent alone, the company might do him some good.